Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . DOOR OF CHAPEL, MAGDALEN COLLEGE. ante-chapel only at 6 On Sundays and on other occasions it is necessaryto procure on order for admission to the chapel. There is a large and well-trained choir ; one of the special provisions of the founder having been thateven in the event of a diminution of the societys revenues the staff of chaplainsand choristers should always be kept up to its full strength. On the N. side of * Reproduced from an etching by Alfred Slocombe, by kind permission. St. Mary Magdalen College. 35
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . DOOR OF CHAPEL, MAGDALEN COLLEGE. ante-chapel only at 6 On Sundays and on other occasions it is necessaryto procure on order for admission to the chapel. There is a large and well-trained choir ; one of the special provisions of the founder having been thateven in the event of a diminution of the societys revenues the staff of chaplainsand choristers should always be kept up to its full strength. On the N. side of * Reproduced from an etching by Alfred Slocombe, by kind permission. St. Mary Magdalen College. 35. ten.: ZOiitlii--^ MAGDALEN COLLEGE and BRIDGE, from the by permission of Messrs. Cassell & Co. 36 Aldens Oxford Guide. the altar a small chapel has been restored to receive the tomb of Richard Patten,father of the founder, William of Waynflete. The canopied niches of the Reredoswere filled with statues in 1864-5. The altar-piece, Christ bearing His Cross,is ascribed to Ribalta, a Spaniard. The choir windows are now filled withstained glass by Hardman, thegiftof Lord Selborne, who wasformerlya Fellow ofthe college ; and the designs in chiar-oscuro, removed to the choir in 1740, arenow restored to their original positions in the ante-chapel. In the great , originally consisting of seven lights, is a large chiar-oscuro, afterChristopher Schwartz, representing the Last Judgment. Leaving the Chapel and keeping to the right, we follow the course of the Cloisters till we reach the staircase to the Dining Hall. The Hall contains some handsome oak panelling, wit
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